Cartoon of Richard Claude Belt, English sculptor

Cartoon of Richard Claude Belt (1851-1920), English sculptor -- Law Court Pantomime. Mr Policeman Lewis to Mr Motley Belt. A libel case between Belt and a former employer, Charles Lawes, ran for six months in 1882, over the disputed credit for a sculpture. Belt won the case and was awarded damages of £5000, but Lawes launched an appeal and the damages were reduced to £500. However, the Court of Appeal overturned this in 1884, and reinstated the amount to £5000. Lawes then filed for bankruptcy to avoid payment. The policeman here is Sir George Henry Lewis (1833-1911), lawyer for Charles Lawes, so annoyed at losing the case that he pursued and ruined Belt

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